Ortalis is an historic genus of Ulidiid or picture-winged flies, first described by Fallén in 1810. It served as the type genus for the family Ulidiidae, which was called Ortalidae at the time. In 1932, it was pointed out by Adlrich that the name Ortalis was preoccupied by a genus of birds (in family Cracidae) which had been named by Merrem in 1786. The name of the fly family was therefore revised, with some authors calling it Otitidae until Ulidiidae was settled on as standard. The genus itself was found to be paraphyletic, and all of its species have been reassigned to other genera, some in the Ulidiidae, and some in other Tephritoid families. In the following list, the species are organized according to the families and genera to which they have been reassigned.
Family Ulidiidae
Ceroxys
Ortalis cinifera (Loew, 1846) → Ceroxys cinifera Ortalis confusa (Becker, 1912) → Ceroxys confusa Ortalis fraudulosa (Loew, 1864) → Ceroxys fraudulosa Ortalis laticornis → Ceroxys laticornis
Chaetopsis
Ortalis aenea (Wiedemann, 1830) → Chaetopsis aenea Ortalis trifasciata (Wiedemann, 1830) → Chaetopsis aenea Ortalis massyla (Walker, 1849) → Chaetopsis massyla
Eumecosomyia
Ortalis nubila (Wiedemann, 1830) → Eumecosomyia nubila
Euxesta
Ortalis basalis (Walker, 1852) → Euxesta basalis Ortalis leucomelas (Walker, 1860) → Euxesta leucomelas Ortalis notata (Wiedemann, 1830) → Euxesta notata Ortalis platystoma (Thomson, 1869) → Euxesta spoliata Ortalis sororcula Wiedemann, 1830 → Euxesta sororcula
Herina
Ortalis lacustris (Meigen, 1826) → Herina lacustris Ortalis lugubris (Meigen, 1826) → Herina lugubris Ortalis palustris (Meigen, 1826) → Herina palustris Ortalis parva (Loew, 1864) → Herina parva Ortalis tristis (Meigen, 1826) → Herina tristis Ortalis bifasciata Loew, 1858 → Herina tristis Ortalis gyrans Loew, 1864 → Herina tristis
Hypochra Ortalis albipennis (Loew, 1846) → Hypochra albipennis
Idana
Ortalis marginata (Say, 1830) → Idana marginata
Melieria
Ortalis acuticornis (Loew, 1854) → Melieria acuticornis Ortalis cana (Loew, 1858) → Melieria cana Ortalis omissa (Meigen, 1826) → Melieria omissa Ortalis unicolor (Loew, 1854) → Melieria unicolor
Otites
Ortalis angustata (Loew, 1859) → Otites angustata Ortalis bimaculata (Hendel, 1911) → Otites bimaculata Ortalis dominula (Loew, 1868) → Otites dominula Ortalis erythrocephala (Hendel, 1911) → Otites erythrocephala Ortalis grata (Loew, 1856) → Otites grata Ortalis nebulosa (Meigen, 1830) → Otites nebulosa Ortalis snowi (Cresson, 1924) → Otites snowi Ortalis stigma (Hendel, 1911) → Otites stigma
Pseudotephritis
Ortalis vau (Say, 1829) → Pseudotephritis vau
Pterotaenia
Ortalis fasciata (Wiedemann, 1830) → Pterotaenia fasciata
Seioptera
Ortalis costalis (Walker, 1849) → Seioptera costalis
Family Platystomatidae
Atopognathus Ortalis complens (Walker, 1859) → Atopognathus complens Ortalis leucomerus → Atopognathus leucomerus Ortalis tarsalis → Atopognathus tarsalis
Cleitamia Ortalis astrolabei (Boisduval, 1835) → Cleitamia astrolabei
Engistoneura Ortalis parallela → Engistoneura parallela
Euxestomoea Ortalis prompta (Walker, 1859) → Euxestomoea promptahttps://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bdc684f8-b413-44ae-9d68-c7279c2fe284
Neoardelio Ortalis alternatus → Neoardelio alternatus
Poecilotraphera Ortalis comperei (Coquillett) → Poecilotraphera comperei
Pseudepicausta Ortalis bigotii (Macquart, 1851) → Pseudepicausta bigotii
Rhytidortalis Ortalis conformis (Walker, 1853) → Rhytidortalis conformis (or incertae sedis)
Rivellia Ortalis aequifera (Walker, 1862) → Rivellia aequifera Ortalis bipars (Walker, 1861) → Rivellia bipars Ortalis concisivitta (Walker, 1862) → Rivellia concisivitta Ortalis decatomoides (Walker, 1862) → Rivellia decatomoides Ortalis isara → Rivellia isara Ortalis ligata (Say, 1830) → Rivellia ligata Ortalis mentissa (Walker, 1849) → Rivellia mentissa Ortalis obliqua (Walker, 1861) → Rivellia obliqua Ortalis vacillans (Walker, 1860) → Rivellia vacillans
Traphera Ortalis chalybea → Traphera chalybea
Zygaenula Ortalis dispila (Thomson, 1869) → Zygaenula dispila (or incertae sedis)
Family Richardiidae Automola Ortalis atomaria → Automola atomaria
Family Tephritidae Pseudoedaspis Ortalis decorata (Blanchard, 1852) → Pseudoedaspis decorata Ortalis striolata (Blanchard, 1852) → Pseudoedaspis striolata
Uncertain Ortalis fenestrata → ??? Ortalis flavoscutellata → ??? Ortalis longicornis → ??? Ortalis picta → ??? Ortalis quinquemaculata → ??? Ortalis semivitta → ???
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